Ollie’s Arcade vs Retro Cloud Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ollie’s Arcade
Experience classic arcade and handheld gaming on your phone with a collection of retro-styled mini-games. Enjoy challenging yet simple gameplay with no ads, coins, or subscriptions required. Accessible for all, including those with color-blindness, and supports game controllers and keyboards.
- Retro-styled mini-games
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or subscriptions
- Accessible design for color-blindness
- Game controller and keyboard support
- Handheld electronic game simulation
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Relive fond memories of your favorite classic arcade or electronic handheld games! A fun collection of retro-styled mini games that are both challenging and simple to play. ⁕ Handheld Retro Gaming Put the sights and sounds of electronic gaming in the palm of your hand. Turns your phone into a perfectly pixelated way to pass the time and have some fun. ⁕ No Ads, No Coins, No Subs There are no ads to watch, no coins to buy, and no subscriptions to renew. Crash that lunar lander all you want, we'll build more! ⁕ Fun AND Accessible Ollie's mini games are easy to learn and designed to be accessible for all customers, even those with color-blindness. ⁕ Game Controller and Keyboard Support Sometimes you just gotta go old school! Each of Ollie's mini games offer full support for playing with your favorite game controller or keyboard. IGRS Rating: 3+
Retro Cloud Player
Play classic games on your Apple devices with this emulator. It utilizes iCloud for ROM storage and requires a companion app for collection management. A gamepad or keyboard is necessary for gameplay.
- Legacy gaming emulation
- iCloud ROM storage
- Libretro cores integration
- Companion app for ROM management
- Gamepad/keyboard support
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The Retro Cloud Player is an emulator for legacy gaming systems. The ROMs are stored in iCloud. The Retro Cloud Companion app is needed in order to manage your collection of ROMs. A gamepad or keyboard is also required. This emulator include cores from the Libretro project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retro Cloud Player at none against Ollie’s Arcade's 2. Retro Cloud Player also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Ollie’s Arcade's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ollie’s Arcade sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Retro Cloud Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Retro Cloud Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ollie’s Arcade has 134 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Ollie’s Arcade | Retro Cloud Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (134 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | Julien Eyriès |
Customer experience
Ollie’s Arcade
Retro Cloud Player
In-app purchases
Ollie’s Arcade
- Tranquility Touchdown$1.99
- Snake$1.99
Retro Cloud Player
No in-app purchases
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